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MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-2024
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-2024
MURDOCH-S2-ONLINEFLEX-2025-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe the key concepts and theories of Communication studies.

2.

Analyse the features of verbal, visual and digital communication.

3.

Discuss the central issues of global communication.

4.

Use the main critical communications theories to analyse global media texts and practices.

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Additional information

Unit content:

Module One: Defining Communication

Session 1: What is Communication?

Session 2: Theories of Communication

Module Two: Forms of Communication

Session 3: Verbal Communication: Language  

Session 4: Non-Verbal Communication: the visual

Module Three: Global Communication

Session 5: Mass Communication 

Session 6: International Communication

Session 7: Transforming Cultures: critical issues

Module Four: Critical Approaches to Global Communication

Session 8: The Sociological Perspective

Session 9: The Cultural Perspective

Session 10: The Global Perspective

Conclusion 

Session 11 Research Essay in Global Communication                                                        

Session 12 Unit Conclusion